New 'Star Trek' Pleases Action Film Fan

Wednesday

May 22, 2013 at 6:49 PM

This week, I had the pleasure of viewing "Star Trek into Darkness," and I was pleasantly surprised. In my humble opinion, this is the best "Star Trek" movie ever made.The movie has everything you want in a sci-fi thriller. The special effects were outstanding, especially if you see it in IMAX 3D as I did. Everything looks real and believable, from the U.S.S. Enterprise, to the Klingon home world Kronos. And the space battles are awesome. Not to mention the action in general is great. There are several very intense fire fights and hand-to-hand sequences. And just as in all "Star Trek" movies, James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) is right in the middle of it all! Pine once again did an awesome job.Zachary Quinto is very believable as the emotionless Vulcan, Spock. Most of the rest of the cast returns from the first "Trek" movie. Zoe Saldana is back as Uhura, with Karl Urban as Bones and John Cho as Sulu. Simon Pegg is one of the best performances as Scotty. But the real star is Benedict Cumberbatch as the villain.Well to sum it up, the action is nonstop. "Star Trek into Darkness" gets four stars out of five.- Jeremy Charles Bell, 37, Lakeland